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Basketball: Complete regular season NBA Fixtures 2026/’27
One of the great things about having wide ranging sporting interests is that it is possible to build an entire calendar of action with which to keep ones mind occupied throughout the year. The real bonus being that these things are generally cyclical in nature. In other words, as one event or season in one…
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Selections for Gowran – Oct. 19th 2026
1.40: STORMY DAWN – EW – (BILLY LEE/PAT FAHY) 2.10: VENETIAN STAR – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (3)/PAT FOLEY) 2.40: WO WO NEVER (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.10: CHURCHILL BOND (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.40: MEDIEVAL NIGHT – EW – (JARED HUGGAN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.10: THE BLUE PANTHER – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/AIDAN MELIA) 4.40: SHANALA…
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Experience of the journey can make destination an afterthought
WOLFE TONES…1-19 DONAGHMORE/ASHBOURNE…0-12 At the outset here, please forgive the forthcoming preamble to the main meat in the sandwich. It will make the main filling all the more delectable when arrived at. Now read on… Dunboyne’s qualification for the Meath SFC Final of 1998 could not have come at a better time for me. If…
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Bowden bounce delivers transport to top table
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN…2-17 NAVAN O’MAHONYS…1-10 Mention of professionalism – even in terms of preparation – and most certainly at club level – is generally enough to send conservative traditionalists recoiling behind the nearest couch. Whether they like it or not, though, that such is a reality. No doubt there may those who will eye role at the…
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Selections for Limerick – Oct. 18th 2026
2.00: BRICKFIELD BELLE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.30: APPROVAL – EW – (TOM KELLY (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 3.00: WAY DOWN SOUTH – EW – (DAN KING/GILLIAN SCOTT) 3.30: HAVEANOTHERTRY – EW – (JOEY DUNNE/ERIC MCNAMARA) 4.00: A WAVE OF THE SEA – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER/SHANE BRODERICK) 4.30: ZURICH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: FUTURE PROSPECT…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Oct. 17th 2026
1.57: ZENITH BLAZE (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.32: MOUNT MERU (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.07: WALL STREET (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.40: MISS HONG KONG (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 4.15: TREAN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.50: FIRST WATCH (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.20: ADMIRED BEAUTY (BILLY LEE/JIM BOLGER)
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Selections for Limerick – Oct. 17th 2026
1.10: MAILLOCHE (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.45: CAOIMHE (SIMON TORRENS/LIAM BURKE) 2.20: CARRIED WITH LOVE (HARRY COBDEN/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 2.55: DALLAS STAR (MARK WALSH/EMMET MULLINS) 3.30: KINGDOM CALLING – EW – (TOMMY O’CONNOR (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.05: WESTERN OPERA – EW – (DAN KING/KIERAN CALLAGHAN) 4.40: LADIAM – EW – (CONOR SMITHERS (7)/NORMAN LEE) 5.10: THE OCEAN QUEEN…
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Numbers don’t add up for reds as ‘Ha bounce straight back
CURRAHA…3-15 BALLINLOUGH…1-12 Most of the time, if something looks too good to be true in life, it generally is. For one side in this Balreask Bar, Restaurant And Guest Accommodation Meath JFC Final at Bolliden Tara Mines Park on Friday evening, that’s exactly how it turned out. But for the other, things went completely according…
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Podcast Episode: Oct. 16th 2026
Pip: Meath club football, horse racing tips, and enough GAA semi-finals to fill a weekend you weren't planning to lose — welcome to Boylan Talks Sport. Mara: Brendan has been covering the Meath intermediate and senior club football championships this week, plus a card at Naas. We'll work through the football first, then close out…
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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 16th 2026
5.00: TYSON FURY (MEL SHERIDAN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.30: PALMEIRA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DENIS HOGAN) 6.00: HIP HOP CRISSY – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (3)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.30: GO OUT – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/DANNY MURPHY ) 7.00: DERVO ANNIE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CLARE O’CONNELL) 7.30: OCEANS BREATH (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.00: EASTERN PEACE…
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